N. Korea fires missiles in anger at South-US military drills
North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea and vowed "merciless" retaliation Monday as the US and South Korea kicked off joint military drills denounced by Pyongyang as recklessly confrontational. The annual exercises always trigger a surge in military tensions and warlike…
CIA Economist: "In 2015, the U.S. economy will..."
In a tell-all interview, CIA economist, Jim Rickards explains five catalysts that could send the American economy into a 25-year great depression.
Video Exonerates Man Set Up By Louisiana Cops And Prosecutors
If not for cell phone video, 47-year-old disabled veteran Douglas Dendinger could be going to prison — because of an apparent coordinated effort by Washington Parish, La. cops and prosecutors who falsely accused him of battery and witness intimidation. As New Orleans’ WWL reports, Dendinger’s…
Reality hits North Dakota's pricey apartment market; rents drop
By Ernest Scheyder WILLISTON, N.D. (Reuters) - It is getting cheaper to rent an apartment in North Dakota's oil patch. Prices, which only last year rivaled levels in New York City and Geneva, have slipped about 15 to 20 percent in the past two months as dozens of new apartment buildings opened in…
Pickup truck goes into frozen river; dead dog found inside
TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A pickup truck drove onto a frozen river, spun around repeatedly and then plunged through the ice early Sunday, and police rescue teams found a dead dog but no people inside.
US targeting 'Jihadi John,' senator says
US forces are targeting the London man believed to be "Jihadi John," an Islamic State executioner, a senior Democratic senator said Sunday. London graduate Mohammed Emwazi was unmasked by media this week as allegedly the English-speaking executioner responsible for the beheading of at least five…
Homeowners Are In For A Big Surprise In 2015
Why did no one tell homeowners about this? If you currently own a home and pay a mortgage, you better read this.
Lavrov calls Nemtsov murder 'heinous crime'; urges moves by Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the main U.N. human rights forum on Monday that the murder of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov was a "heinous crime" and that President Vladimir Putin was leading an investigation to bring perpetrators to justice. He addressed the Geneva forum shortly before…
Yahoo! celebrates 20th anniversary (35 photos)
It's been 20 years since two Stanford University electrical engineering students created a small website that would become the tech giant Yahoo! Company founders Jerry Yang and David Filo debuted "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web" in January 1994. In its first iteration, the…
Detroit Public School To SUSPEND KIDS If Parents Miss Common Core Test Meeting
Teachers at Coleman A. Young Elementary in Detroit, Mich. sent a letter home with children last week threatening the little kids with suspension if their parents do not show up to a parent-teacher meeting. The letter thanked two dozen parents who showed up for a meeting on Thursday. “I was like,…
3rd child dies after carbon monoxide leak in Ohio home
TROY, Ohio (AP) — The third of four children exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide from a furnace in a home has died.
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Iraq forces take on Tikrit in biggest operation yet
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake one of the Islamic State group's main strongholds. Government forces have been working their way north in recent months, notching up key victories…
Video shows Los Angeles police shooting man
Los Angeles police fatally shot a man on Sunday in an incident that was caught on video and circulated widely online, with the department saying officers resorted to deadly force after the man had reached for one of their guns. The graphic footage, which appeared on Facebook, shows a violent…
Parents often want changes in kids’ shots schedule
By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) - Many parents ask doctors to spread out toddlers' vaccines instead of following the recommended immunization schedule, according to a new study. Most doctors comply with the request, even though they believe the delays put the children at risk for preventable…
Construction picks back up, but it's a different gig now
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — As Florida's housing market tanked seven years ago, construction worker David Rager saw jobs dry up. So he left construction, along with 2.3 million others nationwide during the economic downturn, and got a job installing traffic signals and street lights.
Bad News for Agents, Great News for Massachusetts
If you are currently insured, have no DUIs, and drive less than 50 miles per day, you may be paying too much for auto insurance. Find out now.
4-year-old boy dead in accidental shooting in Texas
Police and Child Protective Services have launched investigations into the tragic death of a 4-year-old boy.
Philippine army seizes Muslim rebel bomb factory as peace plan flounders
Philippine soldiers have seized a Muslim rebel base and bomb factory in the south, a spokesman said on Monday, as a shaky peace process with the largest Muslim rebel group presents President Benigno Aquino's with his toughest political test. Howitzer batteries pounded positions of the splinter…
Amish to be resentenced for remaining charges in attacks
CLEVELAND (AP) — Sixteen members of a breakaway Amish community from eastern Ohio are scheduled to be resentenced in Cleveland after a federal appellate court overturned their hate crime convictions.
Did a Famous Graffiti Artist Vandalize This Beloved American National Park?
His works have appeared in museums across the world, but where Paris-based street artist André Saraiva may have displayed his latest handiwork has provoked the ire of many people. Saraiva, better known as André, this week posted an image of a defaced boulder that appears to be inside the Joshua…
10 Foods You Used To Love That Are No Longer Made
These 10 foods were a huge part of any child growing up in the late 1980s and 1990s. So sad, but their glory days were short lived and most of them_
Ronda Rousey needs 14 seconds to stop Cat Zingano at UFC 184
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ronda Rousey has stopped every opponent she has faced in her meteoric mixed martial arts career, so a first-round victory is no shock for the UFC's bantamweight champion.
Kerry meets Lavrov as Ukraine death toll soars past 6,000
US Secretary of State John Kerry held tense talks with his Russian counterpart in Geneva Monday to end fighting in Ukraine, where the UN says more than 6,000 have died in less than a year. The meeting with Sergei Lavrov in Geneva came less than a week after Kerry accused Moscow of lying about its…
'Jihadi John' relatives under watch in Kuwait
Kuwaiti authorities are closely monitoring several relatives of "Jihadi John" who live and work in the Gulf emirate where the Islamic State executioner was born, press reports said on Sunday. A number of relatives of Mohammed Emwazi, named as the militant who has beheaded at least five Western…
